this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. these are the top stories developing at 11.00 — sir cliff richard wins thousands of pounds in damages over bbc coverage of a police raid on his home. thejudge said his privacy rights were infringed in a "serious and somewhat sensationalist way". it's going to take a little while for me to get over the whole emotionalfactor, and so i hope you'll forgive me. i'll talk to you some other time. thank you very much. the case clearly confirms that individuals, including high—profile ones, have a reasonable expectation of privacy in relation to police investigations. the bbc said itsjournalists had acted in good faith and is now considering an appeal. we don't believe this is compatible with liberty and press freedoms. for all of these reasons, there is an important principle at stake. that is why the bbc is looking at an appeal. the other main stories — theresa may will address conservative backbenchers later, following two days of closely—fought brexit votes in the commons.

the thai boys and the football coach freed from a flooded cave last week are expected to speak to the media for the first time today when they leave hospital. american billionaire elon musk apologises to the british cave diver he wrongly suggested was a paedophile in a row over the rescue. google faces a multi—billion pound fine from the eu for freezing competitors out of its android operating system. and wayne rooney reveals he left everton for dc united because he did not want to "hang around and be a dead weight" in the premier league. good morning. it's tuesday 18th july.

i'm julian worricker. welcome to bbc newsroom live. sir cliff richard has won his high court privacy case against the bbc over its coverage of a police raid on his home. he's been awarded more than £200,000 in damages, with further sums to be decided later. the singer had claimed the bbc‘s reporting of the 2014 raid, which was part of an investigation into historical child sex allegations, was a "serious invasion" of privacy. high courtjudge mrjustice mann said, "sir cliff had privacy rights in respect "of the police investigation. "the bbc infringed those rights without a legaljustification. "it did so in a serious way and also in a somewhat sensationalist way." the singer walked out of court saying, "i'm choked up, "i can't believe it, it's wonderful news." his lawyer, gideon benaim, said the singer never expected after 60 years in the public eye to have his "privacy and reputation tarnished in such a way". surpluses very pleased that the

judge has concluded that, the bbc we nt judge has concluded that, the bbc went in foran judge has concluded that, the bbc went in for an invasion of sir cliff's privacy rights. the ruling is that the bbc's conduct was unlawful and a serious invasion of privacy rights. the case clearly confirms that individuals, including high—profile ones, have a reasonable expectation of privacy in relation to police investigations. what transpired in august 2014 resulted in a decisions taken by a small number of people at the bbc. however, it was as a direct result of decisions that the impact on sir cliff over the last four years was so cliff over the last four years was so profound. he never expected after 60 years in the public eye that is the same reputation would be tarnished in this way, that he would need to fight such a battle.

although he felt it necessary to pursue this case, and the sum awarded in damages is one of the highest ever in this area of law, sir cliff's motivation was not for personal gain, as he knew all along that he would be substantially out of pocket in matter what. his aim has been to try to right a wrong, and make sure that no other innocent person will have to endure what he we nt person will have to endure what he went through. what sir cliff wanted was for the bbc's acknowledged that what it has done to him was unlawful. for litigation commenced, we asked the bbc to accept this and apologise. sir cliff would have been reasonable in relation to damages that they agreed to dissolve. not only did they refused to apologise, but they were defiant, repeatedly telling the wealth of this was public interest journalism which we 110w public interest journalism which we now know it was not. they even submitted the story for an award, which the judge found to be an aggravating factor. the judge came toa aggravating factor. the judge came to a clear conclusion that sir

cliff's on the roads were not outweighed by the bbc's rights to freedom of expression, and there was 110 freedom of expression, and there was no public interest in identifying him. given the adverse findings of fa ct him. given the adverse findings of fact by the judge, serious questions ought to be asked about the bbc's focus on preserving their exclusive story at the expense of sir cliff's rights, as well as how the bbc came to advance such a case. additionally, whether senior executives exercise similar scrutiny —— appropriate scrutiny. we welcome today's'sjudgment —— appropriate scrutiny. we welcome today's's judgment and sir cliff would like to thank everyone who supported them throughout, his family and friends and of course his fans. it has meant a huge deal to him. thank you very much.|j fans. it has meant a huge deal to him. thank you very much. i cannot really a nswer to ma ny him. thank you very much. i cannot really answer to many questions at the moment. it is going to take a little while for me to get over the whole emotional factor, and so i hope you will forgive me.

i'll talk to you some other time. thank you very much. the high court ruling came about an hour ago. in a statement, bbc director of news fran unsworth apologised for the distress caused to sir cliff richard. the bbc is very sorry for the distress caused to sir cliff. we understand the very serious impact this has had on him. we have thought long and hard about how we covered this story, and in retrospect, there are things we would do differently. but it is important to note that the judge ruled that everything we broadcast about the search was accurate. thejudge has also made clear that even if there had been no footage of the search and the story had less prominence, the very naming of sircliff would have been unlawful. this creates a significant shift against press freedom. this means police investigations and searches of people's homes could go unreported and unscrutinised. it will put decision—making about naming individuals in the hands of

the police over of the public‘s right to know. we don't believe this is compatible with liberty and press freedoms. for all of these reasons, there is an important principle at stake. that is why the bbc is looking at an appeal. thank you. ms unsworth, have you or mr munro offered your resignation over this matter? it's a very long judgment. we need to go away and absorb all the details. there are 200 pages there. we need to look at it and consider what lessons there are to learn out of it. will you consider offering your resignation? as i say, it is a very long judgment which we need to go away and look at in detail. all i would say is that all of our journalists and all of our bbc witnesses acted in good faith. thank you. 0ur correspondent helena lee is outside the rolls building where this morning's ruling took place. a difficult and damaging day here

for the bbc. £210,000 a difficult and damaging day here forthe bbc. £210,000 in a difficult and damaging day here for the bbc. £210,000 in damages awarded to sir cliff richard. he has 110w awarded to sir cliff richard. he has now left court, the legal teams have left court, and also the senior bbc news managers have left now, going to look over thatjudgment, around 200 pages or so. let's speak to clive coleman, our legal affairs correspondent. we have had that statement from the bbc, the line and there, this impact notjust the bbc that every media organisation. how significant is this? it is very significant. the phrase game changer is often used, but what the judge has done today is found that, not the helicopter pictures, not what sir cliff had pleaded with the excessive nature of the coverage, but simply naming sir cliff as a suspect in that police investigation was a breach of his privacy. what that means is, going forward, people

who are suspects in police investigations are entitled to a reasonably expect that that matters is kept private. and it is not private holed covered by the media. if you look at the statement from the bbc, that is why they are broadening the south and saying that this is in effect a dark day for news reporting. because if you look at some police investigations that have been covered in the past, the bbc points out that some have resulted in additional complainants coming forward that has a watchful eye of your life and police behaviour and activity, and fran u nsworth behaviour and activity, and fran unsworth saying that that is likely to go which is potentially very damaging. having said that, let me explain this in another way. because traditionally, journalists had to make things they are worried about before publishing material. one is defamation, and the other was co nte m pt of defamation, and the other was contempt of court, whether they want to prejudice the trial. the law of

privacy has, over the last 20 years, which gives everyone a right to reasonably expect that our private lives are private and a number of different circumstances. previously it has been in relation to drug addiction, health issues, sexual relationships. now added to that as of the ira suspect in police investigation. what is judgment since the say is that, whilst the lawyers have been aware of that developing world, senior editors at the bbc were not sufficiently apprised of it, did not take it into consideration, did not do that balance between sir cliff's article eight rights on the one hand and their article ten right to publish on the other. residents do it, they did not do it sufficiently, thoroughly, and did not come to the right conclusion. so it is a damaging day for the bbc and the big day, i think, for the news reporting of bbc investigations. 210,000, general damages and aggravated damages. put that into context files in terms of previous privacy cases.

but as a civilian award of general damages, the high end of the road. for years, max mosley‘s 60,000 was the high point. but then inform packing cases, some of those wanted to hundreds of thousands of pounds. so this is is an award, and what i think is ripping. the bbc is that thejudge has thrown in think is ripping. the bbc is that the judge has thrown in an additional £20,000 and aggravated damages. that looks at the behaviour of the defendant, who is found to have been in the wrong to have breached privacy, the bridge itself. and after the breach, the bbc but it's an coverage for the scoop of the year award at the rts i was. that action has been polished with an additional £20,000, which is going to hurt. —— that action has been punished. thank you, five. the bbc will now look over that judgment, the 200 pages or so. we

know from the statement that they are looking at an appeal, which may not happen, but they are looking at it at the moment. back to you. joining me now from outside the south yorkshire police headquarters in sheffield is our correspondent danny savage. remind us how south yorkshire police that into the events of today. they are effectively three parties in this case, the bbc, sir cliff, and south yorkshire police. it was a zealous yorkshire police investigation that the bbc reporter became aware of. even approached south yorkshire police, who acknowledged, the record if you like, that this investigation was ongoing. —— south yorkshire police. he then had a meeting with a police officer about the investigation, they talked about the investigation into sir cliff and thought about the way forward. there was a tentative

agreement that south yorkshire police would inform the bbc one of them to proceed with the next step of the investigation, which was the search of sir cliff's apartment. so thatis search of sir cliff's apartment. so that is where they fit into this. but basically, in today's will, south yorkshire police have been vindicated. —— today's ruling. there are witnesses have been seen as being reliable and have been straightforward in telling the truth, so we have had a statement from south yorkshire police's province chief constable, stephen watson. he said, i note the detailed and compliance of judgment watson. he said, i note the detailed and compliance ofjudgment handed down today. i welcome the findings that all south yorkshire police officers and staff were found to have acted entirely honest we're credible and reliable witnesses. i would like to take this opportunity to offer our sincere apologies to sir cliff richard for the distress he has suffered. south yorkshire

police have already paid £400,000 in damages and was seeking some of that back from the bbc. the witnesses who appeared at this case, one was the detector is intended to lead the investigation. he has since retired. he was described as a clear and reliable goodness. and also a press officer who was liaising with the bbc, was described as a careful and reliable witness and not guilty of any dishonesty, an important point made because there was some suggestion during the case that she had editors notes. the bbc suggested that as part of their case, but the judge ruled she was not guilty of any dishonesty. it will —— may still cost south yorkshire police some money, they will have two a 30% of the damages. the details will be agreed at a later hearing is, exactly what. this will add up to.

but for south yorkshire police, it isa but for south yorkshire police, it is a good day for them, if you could describe it as such. they feel vindicated by what has happened and there are witnesses were seen as being reliable and clear. thank you, danny. speaking outside the court a short time ago, sir cliff's friend and radio presenter paul gambaccini called the privacy case one of the greatest scandals of the 21st century. lam i am delighted, of course. sir cliff richard was one of the great english men of the 20th century. his persecution has been one of the great scandals of the 215t. the judge said that his privacy rights had been invaded in a serious and somewhat sensationalist way. awarding him £190,000 in general damages and then £20,000 because the bbc submitted the broadcast of the rate as scoop of the year with the royal television society awards,

where it lost and was booed. with me now isjenny afia, privacy specialist and partner at schillings, an issues and crisis law firm specialising in threats to privacy and security. good morning. your reaction to the events of this morning so far‘s i am pleased by the ruling. this wasjust such an obvious invasion of privacy. additionally police storming into sir cliff's house when he not been arrested let alone charged with an offence, i think was a complete violation of his rights. good for him for standing violation of his rights. good for him forstanding up violation of his rights. good for him for standing up to the bbc over it. what of the sum of money that has been arrived at in the damages? 190,000 plus the £20,000. how does the code of either the figure in these kind of cases? it is very difficult thing privacy cases, because you cannot undo the damage done when your privacy is completely violated. so they have a spectrum, thejudge has set violated. so they have a spectrum,

the judge has set the general damages at the highest level, which is 190,000. if sir cliff have lost contracts as a result of the invasion of privacy, then the bbc would also have to reimburse him for the loss. what are the wider invocations, in your view, for the way the media across the board, not just the bbc, covers similar cases in the future? i think it will set an important precedent for anyone who is the subject of an investigation by the police. i think more realistically, for the average person, it might be an investigation with a local newspaper covering all your trade press reporting about it. this ruling sends a clear message that that is not ok. the point was raised by fran unsworth, you would have seen her statement outside the high court, the director of bbc news. she raised the idea that, does this now implied that if you are a suspect in a case, in other words, you have been arrested or charged,

that that is now in the future a private fact? yes, and i think that is completely right. the key is the word good suspect". nothing has been proven, and there is the threshold of whether or not to charge them. so there are various thresholds built into the system and i do not think she is right that the media should be the ones who rule on these matters, it should be the police. so you're comfortable with the idea of the police having more of a say in those situations as to what his tea rs those situations as to what his tears and freedom of expression is important, but we have to recognise the harm done. you'll have to look at sir cliff richard to see the devastation this has had on him. i think the judge has drawn the right line here

between his rights and the rights of free speech. when that was a rest, you would acknowledge that that changes? i can see the options more in favour at that point, because we do not want secret justice. in favour at that point, because we do not want secretjustice. but it isa do not want secretjustice. but it is a spectrum, just somebody being investigated by the police is a very low level. and the bbc has said at this stage it is looking at an appeal. 0n this stage it is looking at an appeal. on what grounds could you imagine them going down that route? i think it'll be this point on whether the bbc or any media can report an allegation, any sort of investigation, whether the media should be allowed to report on it. but the bbc could do their own investigations, or any media could. so they're talking about quite a specific area of law, and i think it would be a further blow for sir cliff were they to take the case

further. 0k, well they are looking at it, at this stage. thank you for coming in. the 12 thai boys and their football coach, who endured more than two weeks stranded in a flooded cave in northern thailand, have left hospital in the last few minutes. some of them were treated for pneumonia following the operation to rescue them, during which a former thai navy diver died. doctors who have been treating the rescued boys say they have recovered quickly from their ordeal and gained a lot of the weight they lost in the cave. getting used to the bright lights. 0nly eight days since the last boy was freed from the cave, the team are getting ready to meet the world. preparations are not only in place for the seating. the conference is expected to be carefully managed, not least to protect the boys and their coach. they are expecting quite a crowd from around the world. translation: the news conference room we have prepared can fit up to 800 people. we are expecting around 200

members of the media, which means we have plenty of room tomorrow. none are looking forward to the homecoming quite as much as here. translation: i am excited to see my nephew. i have not seen him for almost a month. proud of their boys, the families have celebrations in mind. translation: our family is planning to ordain him for good luck, but we do not know which temple yet. after over three weeks away, everyone is looking forward to welcoming the team home. the global media is present in large

numbers, and this news conference will be for about 45 minutes. all the questions have been vetted by a child psychologist, so these children do not undergo the same trauma. some of the questions expected are, how did they pass their time expected are, how did they pass theirtime in expected are, how did they pass their time in the cave? 0ut expected are, how did they pass their time in the cave? out of the battle the fear of darkness? and how we re battle the fear of darkness? and how were they able to meditate along with their coach? we understand that all the boys and their family may not be coming here, only those are co mforta ble not be coming here, only those are comfortable and ask questions in front of the media. and after the news conference, it is all about celebrations at home. they will be supported by police going back to their home town, where they will be meeting the family and friends, and trying to return to normal life. but it will be a challenging road ahead, because for these boys, it is about dealing with mental trauma and the immense global attention. because

the world is clearly not the same the world is clearly not the same the way they left it when they walked inside those cakes. here's the scene close to the where we are expecting the arrival of the boys $0011. expecting the arrival of the boys soon. huge interest in what they will be saying at the press conference, we will take you there when it begins. the government narrowly avoided defeat in the commons last night over its legislation for exiting the eu. theresa may had to rely on labour votes to prevent tory rebels overturning the brexit plan that has has already cost her two cabinet members. today could present more turbulence for the prime minister before she reaches the relative safety of the summer recess next week. first up, the final prime minister's questions. jeremy corbyn will be keen to take advantage of the divisions within the conservative party. the prime minister will appear before all 35

select committee chairs in the liaison committee. it is expected they won't give her an easy ride when she presents her brexit plan. then this evening, she will give a speech to the 1922 committee,a group of powerful backbench mps. if all that wasn't enough, boris johnson may make a statement in the commons following his resignation. you might remember, the last time a former foreign secretary delivered a bruising eu—related speech, it didn't go well for the prime minister of the day. geoffrey howe's damning address after he quit margaret thatcher s cabinet in 1990 was followed by her own swift exit. let's go to westminster, where i'm joined by our chief political correspondent vicki young. quite a day ahead for theresa may. she must be really looking forward to it! probably looking forward much more to the summer break next week. it feels as if this government, as a theresa may is staggering towards that moment. last night was in one

vote in the house of commons on brexit, legislation, just about squeaking through on another. —— losing one vote. many are safe is ha rd to losing one vote. many are safe is hard to keep going like this. the problem is the deal she has but, become from eyes she has, over brexit, is all sides. that is making her life pretty difficult at the moment. last night we heard all sorts of stories about the pressure being put on conservative mps to fall into line behind the prime minister, suggestions that if they voted against and the government lost the bill on staying in a customs union, there might be able of confidence which might lead to a general election. and one remain mp says it is no way to carry on. we we re says it is no way to carry on. we were looking to hear from there that were looking to hear from there that we do not seem have that. but as you

are hearing that, it is proving very difficult for the prime minister. and on top of that, former foreign secretary borisjohnson, who resigned in protest at the so—called chequers deal promising to make his resignation statement. there have been famous examples in the past, geoffrey howe refers to there. many people saw that as the moment was brought thatcher's downfall. robin cook from the labour party resigning over the iraq war made an impassioned speech in the house of commons in his resignation speech, the first ever to receive a standing ovation in the commons chamber. is borisjohnson going ovation in the commons chamber. is boris johnson going to ovation in the commons chamber. is borisjohnson going to land that fatal blow? willie concentrate on policy or personality? —— will he. there is no point in making a resignation statement unless you have something important to say, some people are expecting that he will do that. the question is, how far as he prepared to go? there are others commented on conservative

mps, who have put in letters to the party managers, saying that we would like a vote of no—confidence in the prime minister. that would have been able top of no—confidence in the government, not the prime minister. and what your viewers should have seen last night is what a narrow majority of mps in the commons willing to deliver on the mandate we we re willing to deliver on the mandate we were given at the referendum to deliver brexit. that is hugely disappointing. that was andrew bridgen with his views on the situation as it faces the prime minister, with that interesting day ahead for her with events in the commons and elsewhere. headlines coming up. in a moment we'll say goodbye to viewers on bbc2. first we leave you with a look at the weather — here's simon king. fairly straightforward forecast at the moment. conditions similar to yesterday. some cloud out there, but

fair—weather summer cloud, really. 0ne fair—weather summer cloud, really. one of our weather watchers in kent has sent as a typical scene. those showers are falling at the moment across south and west in scotland. a few showers across wales, maybe even the south—west of england as well. for most of us, dry and with that sunshine at times, and temperatures around 19 to 21 celsius in the north, 24, 20 five celsius further south and east. through this evening, when the clear spells for england and wales. more cloud across the far north and west of scotland, and northern ireland. temperatures around ten, 12 celsius in the north, 11, 15 celsius further south. with the clear spells in the morning, it will be a sunny day for many of us on thursday, and heating up. temperatures up to 28 celsius in london.

hello, good morning. this is bbc news. with me, julian worricker. our latest headlines: sir cliff richard has been awarded £210,000 in damages after a winning a privacy case against the bbc over its coverage of a police raid on his home. i can't really answer too many questions at the moment. it's going to take a little while for me to get over the whole emotional factor, and so i hope you'll forgive me. i'll talk to you some other time. thank you very much. the bbc is looking at appealing the decision, saying it's executives acted in good faith. we don't believe this is compatible with liberty and press freedoms. for all of these reasons, there is an important principle at stake. that is why the bbc is looking at an appeal. theresa may is preparing to address

conservative backbenchers later, following two days of closely—fought brexit votes. and in thailand, 12 boys who were freed along with their football coach from a flooded cave last week, have just left hospital and will speak to the media for the first time today. members of the royal family and barrack 0bama are among those to have paid tribute to nelson mandela ahead of today, which would have been his 100th birthday. to many, he is a hero, who led the fight against apartheid in south africa. he spent 27 years in prison before he became the country's first black president. elaine dunkley has been to a school named after him to find out how his legacy is inspiring a new generation. he said boxing taught him to stand up to bullies. getting ready to celebrate the legacy of nelson mandela. every day these children are taught his values.

nelson mandela was an extremely inspirational person. today, they will commemorate his life on what would've been his 100th birthday. i have been learning about nelson mandela since nursery, and i learned that he fought for our rights, he fought for black people. we have to remember what he did, so the same stupid mistakes don't happen again. he is a really good role model, especially for little kids, because little kids, when you introduce them to it, they follow it, and so nelson mandela, if they've seen it, they will become like him and become a really good person. if you could have met mandela, what would you say to him? thank you for changing the world. from prisoner to president, nelson mandela was incarcerated for 27 years for his belief in equality. after 10,000 days injail, the world's most famous prisoner walks out through the prison gates. after his release, he continued to fight

against apartheid, and built a new democracy in south africa. it was a long and painful walk to freedom. never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another. what was it like, nelson mandela being here? it was brilliant, it was a fantastic day... this school in sparkbrook was named in his honour. librarian ranjeet bhachu met him when he visited in 1993. and he shook everybody's hands and he shook mine, and he took my hand i didn't want to let go. it was this tall person and i was so happy, and he said, "it was a pleasure meeting you," and i was saying, "it's an honour to meet you!" and then he went to the next person, and that was my bit of fame with him. every day we say his name. so every day we are part of nelson mandela community. # free nelson mandela... # in life, he fought for freedom.

after his death he still gives hope for the future. a life and legacy that continues to inspire. # free, free, free nelson mandela... # elaine dunkley, bbc news. some breaking news from westminster in the last few minutes with particular reference to the democratic unionist member of parliament ian paisley junior. democratic unionist member of parliament ian paisleyjunior. he is to be suspended for 30 days from the commons and ten. this is after he failed to declare a luxury trip to sri lanka that had been paid for by the sri lankan government —— from the sri lankan government —— from the house of commons. it was said, "mr paisley breached the rules of the house by failing to register within 20 days the two visits made to sri lanka with family members." these were unmarked 2013 dead

subsequently in july 20 these were unmarked 2013 dead subsequently injuly 2013. the commission further found the hospitality he received with his family in sri lanka constituted a financial interest which "might reasonably be thought by others to influence the speech, representation oi’ influence the speech, representation or communication in question," and then concluded that mr paisley had breached the rules of the house on declaration by failing to declare the personal benefit and hospitality received in his letter to the prime minister. that was in march 2014. the conclusion of that report from the parliamentary commissioner, or bob —— "in light of the seriousness of this member we review he be suspended from the house for a period of 30 days," starting on the 4th of september 2018, after the summer recess. now, last month the bodies of three young graffiti artists were found at a train station, near brixton — they died after being hit by a train. in the last year, seven people under

the age of 18 lost their lives on railway lines across the uk. network rail has launched a campaign, aiming to highlight the dangers of venturing on to train tracks. viewers may find some of the images in graham satchell‘s report upsetting. oh, no. he gives it away... this is a campaign film by network rail. it tells the story of tom hubbard. is anyone there? 0n the day it happened, we had just finished exams at school, so it was a lot of free time. we were playing football right next to the lines, really, and i pinged the ball over the fence and, without a second thought, you just go and just get it back. when i went to do that, i spotted a stopped, stationary freight train. and i don't know why, but i saw the opportunity and ijust went on to the carriages and i pulled myself up. i was aware of the the electricity on the line.

i wasn't aware of the arc. it can go up to three metres in the wrong right conditions. tom didn't even touch the overhead power lines, but was hit by 25,000 volts. he was left with third—degree burns on 50% of his body. i'm his mum. ijust went and damaged my biggest organ, like that, in a split—second, of not really thinking straight, yeah. i could have been dead in a split—second, sort of thing. tom was lucky to survive. the number of young people trespassing on the railway has risen steadily in recent years, up from just over 1000 incidents in 2014 to more than 2000 last year. and in the last 12 months, seven young people under 18 have died. 48 have received life—changing injuries. network rail say they are doing all they can to maintain fences

to keep people off the railway, but... 70% of all trespass happens at or within 100 metres of a station, so it is not all about fencing. this is about everybody being responsible, and parents helping to make sure their children understand the dangers if they choose to step on the track. tom spent 11 days in a coma, two months in hospital and is still having treatment four years on. the impact of what happened has been severe for the whole family. as well as the physical injuries, tom won't leave the house unless he's covered up, even in this hot weather. he's not old tom like he was before, he's never going to look how he did before. as much as the scarring has gone so well, but it's a huge impact. it changes your life forever. it's not like a broken bone, as we say. it's there forever. tom knows he is lucky to be alive.

but what happened has changed his life forever. bbc news. more now on sir cliff richard's high court privacy case against the bbc over its coverage of a police raid on his home, where's he's been awarded more than £200,000 in damages, with further sums to be decided later. the singer had claimed the bbc‘s reporting of the 2014 raid, which was part of an investigation into historical child sex allegations, was a "serious invasion" of privacy. there is also a statement from the south yorkshire police and crime commissioner in the last few moments, quoting alan billings. —— billings. "i welcome the judgment andi billings. "i welcome the judgment and i am sorry to sir cliff for the trouble caused in this time." begun to see south yorkshire police acknowledge their mistakes and settled out of court with sir cliff in 2017. it also says, "i've also

been assured by south yorkshire police they have employment of the five recommendations in the 2014 trotter review," five recommendations in the 2014 trotter review, " an five recommendations in the 2014 trotter review," an independent review into the disclosure of information to the bbc. we can't opt to the man behind that review, former chief constable andy crocker who conducted that review into south yorkshire police's conduct. your thoughts on the decision today?|j think thoughts on the decision today?” think it is the correctjudgment. my report was in the south yorkshire's conduct, not the bbc‘s, and my comments to them is they should not have engaged with the bbc over this matter in the first instance. i have had time to top two —— if they had talked to dan johnson had time to top two —— if they had talked to danjohnson about information they had, we would not be having this discussion today. it would have been easily avoidable if they had just gone with the existing guidance of the time not to discuss matters when people had not even been question, let alone arrested. it is deeply unfortunate. such

distress was unnecessary for sir cliff richard. it might you highlight now as you did in your report that you feel the police were at fault here —— report that you feel the police were at fault here -- and you highlight 110w at fault here -- and you highlight now as you did in your report. i mention they are, that the police are mention they are, that the police a re clear mention they are, that the police are clear they have learned from that, that they would change elements about how they go about their business audition it. do you acknowledge that? have they changed for you? this was a mistake by south yorkshire in relation to this case and the gaydon is used prior to this incident were quite clear, —— the guidance that was used. we do not issue the details of any person under investigation unless there is a very pressing need to do so and there was none in this case. the bbc when the south yorkshire with this information. in my opinion, so the option should not have discussed this with the journalist at all and i don't think this matter would have happened in any way, she performed —— in my opinion south yorkshire should not have discussed this. this is deeply regrettable. as i say, i think south yorkshire police could easily have avoided this had they

not spoken to the bbc and it is a matter for the bbc to consider what they did with that information once they did with that information once they had it. what does this say to you about in some cases the very close relationship that can exist between police officers and journalists? well, i don't think there is that close relationship, to be honest. many journalss there is that close relationship, to be honest. manyjournalss complain that relationship no longer exists in the way it used to. it used to be a very cosy relationship, in many respects, too cosy, and in my opinion the guidance out now is about right, that we only talk to journalistss on the record about matters which are proper for that spokesperson to talk about. it is not for police officers to have cosy relationships with journalss. they should be on the record at all times. and in my opinion that was for all public servants —— with journalistss. i don't like these stories with sources close to the investigation, who should be upfront and on the record, unless there is a very pressing national security issue. will leave it there. andy

trotter, thank you very much for coming on with that, your reaction to the high court damages today. there have been some more tweets from president trump in the last few moments which go back to an extent over the events of the last few days. one location act has particular reference to the nato meeting in brussels, and you will recall what went on there with discussions regarding the individual countries and their contributions to the wider defence budget. he says... that comment on russia of course right back to that summit in helsinki when he met vladimir putin, and then that change the broughton last night when he had to use his phrase "misspoken" are one particular point. there is another

tweet i can give you as well. russia has agreed to help with north korea, he says, the relationships are very good and the process is moving along. there is no rush. the sanctions remain in place. big benefit and an exciting future for north korea, he says, at the end of the process. so that is what president trump has tweeted in the last little well, firstly about nato and then about that helsinki summit with vladimir putin following the controversy that arose after his press c0 nfe re nce . controversy that arose after his press conference. let's bring you up—to—date with the headlines. sir cliff richard wins thousands of pounds in damages over bbc coverage of a police raid on his home — thejudge said his privacy rights were infringed in a "serious and somewhat sensationalist way." theresa may prepares to face mps in prime minister's questions — she'll address conservative backbenchers later, following two days of closely—fought brexit votes in the commons. the thai boys and the football coach freed from a flooded cave last week have just left hospital and are about to speak to the media about their ordeal.

hello, everyone. in the business news: for a third month in a row inflation remains at 2.4% forjune. the figures come as a surprise to some analysts, who had been predicting a rise. more on this in a moment. google is slapped with a record £3.8 billion over its android operating system. the fine follows a three investigation by the european commission over claims the firm's mobile device strategy had unfairly strengthened its dominance of search. blue skies ahead for easyjet, after the budget carrier announces a 14%jump in revenues in the third quarter to £1.6 billion. easyjet also announced it will complain to the european commission about strikes by french air traffic controllers, which caused thousands of flights to be cancelled. the markets reacted to both pieces of news in postive fashion, with the carriers share price

soaring by 4%. soaring by 4% at one point. despite speculation of a rise in consumer prices last month, the inflation remained at 2.4% injune. many analysts had been expecting the rate to rise to 2.6%, however the figures by the office for national statistics showed there was no change in the numbers after clothing prices fell. the unchanged figure means that wages remain above inflation despite pay growth slowing to 2.7%. what does this all mean for the economy? joining me now from our newsroom is frances haque, who's the chief economist at sa ntander. frances, firstly your take on the figures? were you one of those surprised economists? yes, i was. we we re surprised economists? yes, i was. we were expecting inflation to increase slightly this month, compared to last month. however, having said

that, this is of course good news for consumers who will have seen no rise in prices in total across the basket of goods that make up the inflation rate. having said that, as you mentioned, we have seen a mix in terms of prices rising for some goods such as fuel which i know people are seeing in the price of the petrol they are paying for. but of course they were offset by much larger falls of course they were offset by much largerfalls in clothing of course they were offset by much larger falls in clothing and toys and games, and hobbies. so in terms of how that will feel for consumers, it will rather depend on what you buy, what makes up your monthly spend. if you are family that drives a lot, you may well find you are slightly out of pocket by the end of the month. having said that, if you are family likes to stay at home and play games, then you might find you have a slight... slightly more in your pocket by the end of the month.

staying at home and playing games sounds like the kind of family wants to be part of! let's talk about the bank of england. everyone —— i want to be part of. everyone is talking about this in august. do you think it will make a difference about how the bank of england feels about raising the cost of borrowing? as you will know, the bank of england have the target inflation rate of 296. have the target inflation rate of 2%. 2.4, still above that rate, the rat. and they will need to consider whether they want to raise rates in order to bring that down —— they are at 2.4%. we know obviously from june, that the vote was split 6—3, s0 june, that the vote was split 6—3, so those members will be thinking long and hard about the other bits of data that have come out, so for example unemployment rates, which has stayed the same, wage growth, which we note it down slightly from

yesterday's reading, economic growth —— which we know tipped down. all of those will need to be considered when they consider whether to raise interest rates again in august. frances, thank you so much indeed. thank you. plenty of other stories to get you across. around 1,500 jobs are at risk after the gaucho restaurant chain said it intended to appoint administrators. the chain's owners, the private equity firm equistone, had been trying to find a buyer for the restaurant chain. however, high debt levels and a complex legal structure meant no buyer had been found. video streaming services like netflix and amazon prime now have more subscribers than traditional pay tv services here in the uk. the country's media regulator — 0ftcom — says tv services will need to adapt to compete — saying it would be great to see a british netflix. and technology entrepreneur elon musk has apologised for calling british cave diver vernon unsworth a "paedo" on twitter, before deleting the posts. mr unsworth was involved in the operation in thailand to rescue 12 boys and their football coach. mr musk had offered to assist the mission and said

he was building a mini—submarine, but mr unsworth said it wouldn't have worked, prompting musk‘s outburst. for the first time in six years millions of flat owners have seen no growth in the prices of their homes over the past year, according to the office for national statistics. that's mainly because a quarter of the uk's flats and maisonettes are in london, where prices are falling. however, overall house prices across the country were up by 3% in the year to may. let's ta ke let's take a quick look at the markets. the pound fell to ten—month lows against the dollar on wednesday. the fall came after sterling slid to ten—month lows against the dollar on wednesday after data showed british inflation failed

to rise as expected, a day after brexit—linked political turmoil had sent the currency hurtling lower. more business throughout the day with my colleague rachel, and from me, but for now it is back to you, julian. thank you. some breaking news coming out of the courts for you. two men found guilty of membership of the banned neo—nazi group national action. christopher lythgoe from warrington and a member from merseyside were convicted by jewellers of the old bailey after a trial. national action was prescribed in december 2016 after it was assessed to be "concerned in terrorism, and the judge was assessed to be "concerned in terrorism, and thejudge in this case described the organisation as having a "truly evil and dystopian vision of waging a race war. that news just in from the old bailey. let's just show you some pictures in

thailand. if you were watching a little earlier you will be aware that those 12 boys and their football coach have come out of hospital today after that extraordinary cave rescue that dominated the headlines for so many days here, let alone in thailand, where so many people were transfixed by their ordeal. they are said to have made a pretty brisk recovery given what they went through, so they are out of hospital, they have been discharged, and the scene there, it is a room in chiang rai we re there, it is a room in chiang rai were ina there, it is a room in chiang rai were in a little well we think they will appear on the football coach will appear on the football coach will appear on the football coach will appear and they will take some questions from the media. these are questions from the media. these are questions that have been carefully arranged to make sure none of the boys are distressed by anything they might have to recount, given what they went through. but we will take you there alive when that begins. 0f course prime minister's questions

coming up at midday as well, so we might try to juggle coverage of those very different live events in the next hour or so. in the meantime... traffic on britain's roads could increase by more than 60% in the next 25 five years, according to a government report due to be released next week. critics say this is a significant over—estimate, and fails to take into account that people are generally driving much less. 0ur environment analyst, roger harrabin, has more. gridlock on many roads, but how bad will it get? the government forsees a rise of up to 60% in traffic by 2040, but a traffic expert says that is a wild overestimate. over the last 20 years, there has been a really significant reduction in the amount that younger people are driving. so younger males, for example, are driving half the miles that they were in the mid—1990s, and there is a whole host of reasons for this. it is partly economic circumstances, it is partly staying

in higher education longer, delaying having children, the role of social media, cost of insurance. there are a lot of factors but these changes are likely to last, at least to some degree, throughout their whole lives. the government says it has factored changing lifestyles into its forecasts of potential traffic rises, but some young people are clearly just not keen on the car. i have never wanted to learn to drive, so it isjust easier to get the train. especially for young people my age, insurance is really expensive. so it is just cheaper to use public transport than owning a car. you do not need a car in the city centre, there is no need really. this is more than a debate about traffic numbers. it'll affect decisions about how many roads to build, much money how much to spend, and how far to meet the needs of people who just don't want to come. roger harrabin, bbc news. 0n on what is coming up with the next little well, but the only difficulty

for us is we don't know what will be coming up first, but in thailand there will be that press conference in chiang rai for the boys rescued from the cave with their football coach are due to speak with the media. they are out of hospital and we know they have been discharged and by and large they have made a pretty speedy recovery after the horrendous ordeal they went through. they will speak to the media in the next little while, due to start we think in perhaps five or ten minutes' time. we know definitely starting in five—minutes' time, because they're pretty punctual in the house of commons, prime minister's questions, theresa may's last before the summer recess, and of course she has had a pretty difficult last few days with pressure from her own ranks, perhaps more than across the chamber, relating to the various brexit deals and those amendments that were made or at least put forward for the trade bill that was being debated in the commons last night. so all that to come. as we say, that of a

juggfing to come. as we say, that of a juggling act for us, so we will take you to the one that comes first and makejudgment you to the one that comes first and make judgment thereafter. time for the weather with simon king before the weather with simon king before the headlines on the bbc news channel. yes, sunny spells for most of us, still that fresher feel especially towards northern and western areas, but some sunny spells, as i mentioned, and that is in east sussex at the moment. more cloud floating around in places. in lincolnshire at the moment, most of the cloud there compared the sunshine. that will change and there will be some sunny spells here as well. but some showers across the central and southern parts of scotland. the chance of a few showers across wales and the south—west. 0therwise, driver most. temperatures about 19—21d, but feeling warm and the south—east with highs of about 2526 celsius. through this evening and night —— dry for most. we're looking down at length

the clear spells on thursday morning -- 25 the clear spells on thursday morning —— 25 or26 the clear spells on thursday morning —— 25 or 26 celsius. it is still a bit fresher further north and west. it means for thursday for most of us that high pressure area will stick by, but look at this troublemaker towards the north and west, some fronts moving their way in, and that will thicken the cloud across western scotland into northern ireland, eventually some rain fishing in here. for much of england and wales, much less cloud around compared to today, those temperatures will rise again. look at the heat building, those oranges and reds across much of england and wales. temperatures potentially up to 30 celsius across the south—east of england, but widely about the mid—to high 20s. still about 19—21d in the far north and west. that rain and showed you moving into scotland and showed you moving into scotland and northern ireland, it will push gradually south and eastward. that is during friday. as it does so, it

will break up and we are looking at showers really pushing into england and wales. so some of us getting those showers, that useful rain, but many others staying dry throughout the day. quite warm and humid in the south—east, but the risk of or chance of some heavy and thundery showers down toward central southern areas and the south—east later in the afternoon. high—pressure is we don't watch the south—west of the uk into the weekend, but it is influencing us, this richjust across the uk, but that means for the weekend it could be a little cloudy at times. —— ridge perhaps. for most of us it will be dry, but over saturday and sunday i think sunshine into the weekend. still fresher northern areas, temperatures about 20—23d here for england and wales, temperatures perhaps coming down a touch on saturday but they will be rising again in the sunday andindeedin will be rising again in the sunday and indeed in the next week as well. those temperatures will remain quite

high, lots of dry weather still in the forecast. no significant drain on the forecast for the coming weeks, but of course more details on our website. 0r weeks, but of course more details on our website. or you can stay tuned to the news channel for the rest of the afternoon. bye—bye. this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. these are the top stories developing at 12.00 — sir cliff richard wins thousands of pounds in damages over bbc coverage of a police raid on his home. thejudge said his privacy rights were infringed in a "serious and somewhat sensationalist way". it's going to take a little while for me to get over the whole emotionalfactor, and so i hope you'll forgive me. i'll talk to you some other time. thank you very much. the case clearly confirms that individuals, including high—profile ones, have a reasonable expectation of privacy in relation to police investigations. the bbc said itsjournalists had acted in good faith,

and is now considering an appeal. we don't believe this is compatible with liberty and press freedoms. for all of these reasons, there is an important principle at stake. that is why the bbc is looking at an appeal. the thai boys and the football coach freed from a flooded cave last week have left hospital and will speak to the media for the first time shortly. theresa may prepares to face mps in prime minister's questions. she'll address conservative backbenchers later, following two days of closely—fought brexit votes in the commons. good afternoon.

it's tuesday 18th july. i'm julian worricker. welcome to bbc newsroom live. let's take you live to the house of commons now, for prime minister's questions. prime minister's questions is about to get underway in the commons. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is there. the last prime minister's questions of this parliamentary session, and theresa may will be looking forward toa theresa may will be looking forward to a bit ofa theresa may will be looking forward to a bit of a break, unsure. she lost one brexit will last night and narrowly won the other. today, she faces a whole day of questions about her brexit policy. this all goes back to the chequers deal. this is the compromise that she has come up with, the best chance as she sees

that of the uk getting a deal with the european union. she brought all her cabinets to chequers, and got the agreement of all of them, although of course within a couple of days, she had the resignation of her foreign secretary, boris johnson, and david davis, her brexit secretary. so because of that, this come from eyes she has come up with, she has caused both sides to rebel against her. neither side in her own party is happy, those in the brexit side thinks it is too close to the eu, those on the other side think it is not also enough. and that is why she struggles so much to get an agreement, to get this legislation through parliament. so she will face questions now, and jeremy corbyn hasn't really been going on. let's see if he does it again.

i will have further meetings later today. i am proud to have nelson mandela place in my constituency. there are 934 drug—related deaths in scotla nd there are 934 drug—related deaths in scotland last year. each one of those deaths is a tragedy, and a preve nta ble those deaths is a tragedy, and a preventable one at that. drug laws are reserved to westminster. how many more families as the prime minister willing to devastate for she will allow glasgow to get on with the work of building a drug consumption is to save life?” with the work of building a drug consumption is to save life? i agree with the honourable lady. deaths due to drugs, each of these is a tragedy, and i'm sure every member of this house will have known people in their own constituency who have gone through that terrible suffering and losing members of theirfamily. there is no legalframework and losing members of theirfamily. there is no legal framework for the provision of drug consumption rooms in the uk, and we have no plans to

introduce them. a range of offences is likely to be committed in drug consumption rooms, it is for local police forces to enforce the law in such circumstances and we would expect them to do so. 0ur such circumstances and we would expect them to do so. our approach on drugs remains very clear. we must prevent drug use in our communities, support people dependent on drugs from treatment and recovery. are dependent on drugs through treatment and recovery. andrea jenkin. could the prime minister in form the house at what point it was decided that brexit means remain? prime minister! can i say to my right honourable friend, at absolutely no point because wrecks it continues to mean brexit. i can say to my honourable friend, i know

that she wants us to talk about the positives of brexit and i agree with her. we should be talking about the positive future for this country. she has also criticised me for looking for a solution that is workable, i disagree with her on that. i think we need a solution that. i think we need a solution thatis that. i think we need a solution that is going to work for the united kingdom, ensure we leave the european union and embrace that bright future that we both agree on. jeremy corbyn! ito pay bright future that we both agree on. jeremy corbyn! i to pay tribute to the centenary of nelson mandela's birth. the people of south africa stood up to the most vile injustice of apartheid, their solidarity and the solidarity of people around the world freed him and ended the scourge world freed him and ended the scourge of apartheid and we should pay tribute to all of them on this day. mr speaker, people are losing trust in this government. the transport secretary, the international trade secretary, and

now the brexit secretary were all members of the vote leave campaign committee. the environment secretary was the co—chair. they have been referred to the police by the electoral commission having refused to cooperate with the electoral commission. will the prime minister guarantee that her cabinet ministers will fully cooperate with the police investigation? can i say to the right honourable gentleman, i actually question the way he put his question. mr speaker, he has made an accusation in this house are against members of this house. he should apologise! order! the question was heard and the prime minister's and must be heard. the right honourable gentleman has made an accusation in

this house against individual members of this house and of the government and i suggest that when he stands up he reflects on whether or not it was correct to do so. the electoral commission is an independent regulator accountable to parliament not the government. they have taken steps, they have, as we know taken steps in relation to the vote leave campaign. and i would expect that all those involved and required to do so will give the evidence that is required and give the response appropriately to any questions that are raised with them but i say it again to the right honourable gentleman, i think you should stand up, think very carefully about making accusations of inappropriate behaviour and withdrawal. jeremy corbyn! order!

people can rant from a sedentary position for as long as they like, it won't change the way proceedings are conducted in this session. the prime minister's answers will be heard and the questions from the right honourable gentleman will be heard and no amount of orchestrated araki will change that fact this day orany araki will change that fact this day or any other. jeremy corbyn. thank you. i stated the fact that the electoral commission has made that reference. that is what i said and i asked the prime ministerfor guarantee that her ministers will cooperate with the police with any investigations that they make. that is notjudgmental, investigations that they make. that is not judgmental, that investigations that they make. that is notjudgmental, that is a guarantee that they cooperate. those are serious issues, the current cabinet mr's are serious issues, the current cabinet mr ‘s work central to the vote leave campaign. after did that underlay the government has sunk into a underlay the government has sunk intoa mire underlay the government has sunk into a mire of chaos and division. the agreement that was supposed to

unite the cabinet led to it falling apart within 48 hours and on monday, the government you turned to make their own proposals on lawful. given that the proposals in the white paper are obsolete, when will the new white paper be published? can i first say to the right honourable gentleman what i heard from his first question was that ez that members of the government had failed to cooperate with the electoral commission investigation. you should withdrawal that. it's very important that politicians do not interfere with police investigations but everyone is innocent until proven guilty ina everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. i still contend that he made accusations

against individuals in this government that were unjustified and he should withdraw them. he came on then to the question of the amendments that the government accepted in the customer ‘s bill on monday night. let me explain the position. they talk over each other order! we are less than a third of the way through and people are overexcited. they must calm themselves and we must hear the prime minister. i'm going to go through each of the amendments in turn for the purposes of this house. amendment 72 related to parliamentary scrutiny under plans under clause 31 to form a customs union. we are going to leave the customs union with the eu so we accepted that in advanced parliamentary scrutiny. amendment 73

related to vat, such an arrangement is not part of the white paper and we we re is not part of the white paper and we were able to accept that too. the next amendment was to prevent a customs border down the irish sea and that is government policy. new clause 36 related to reciprocity in relation to tariffs collected and that concept is in the white paper. the white paper is the basis for our negotiation with the european union and we have already started those negotiations. that's all very interesting but could she explain why the defence minister had to rebel against the government in order to support the cabinet position of a view days before. this isa position of a view days before. this is a government incomplete chaos. the centrepiece of the white paper was something called the facilitated customs arrangement. having spent a week trying to convince their own mps that this cobbled together mishmash was worth defending, they

abandoned it. so what is their plan now for customs? the right honourable gentleman is wrong, we have not abandoned the customs arrangement, we are discussing it with the eu. she serially expecting that 27 member states of the eu are going to establish their own bureaucratic tariff collection infrastructure just to satisfy the war in the conservative party in britain. on monday evening, the new brexit secretary was starting the next round of negotiations, no wonder he didn't turn up. he doesn't know what he is supposed to be negotiating. two years on from the referendum, 16 months on from dribbling article 50, isn't it the case that the government has no serious negotiating strategy whatsoever? he is just serious negotiating strategy whatsoever? he isjust plain wrong on his interpretation of what is

happening. i have a copy of the white paper here and i'm happy to ensure he gets a copy of the white paper after these pmqs and he can read it and understand what the garment is doing. i say to the leader of the opposition, there are indeed differences between is on this issue. i will end free movement, he wants to keep it. i wa nt movement, he wants to keep it. i want is out on the customs union, he wa nts want is out on the customs union, he wants as in. i want is out of the single market, he wants others in. i wa nt to single market, he wants others in. i want to sign our own trade deals, he wa nts to want to sign our own trade deals, he wants to hand them over to brussels. i have ruled out a second referendum and he want. there is no doubt who is respecting the will of the british people and delivering on the vote and it isn't him. others vote and it isn't him. 11 days on from the so—called checkers others 11 days on from the so—called checkers agreement and the white paper didn't even survive contact with the cabinet or the tory backbenchers and hasn't yet been discussed with the eu. the brexit

white paper does state, and i quote, the uk is committed to membership of the uk is committed to membership of the european convention on human rights. is the new brexit secretariats signed up to that? we are signed up to that, that was in our manifesto but... can i also say, he has stood up and asked virtually the same question, and obviously hasn't listened to any of the a nswe rs hasn't listened to any of the answers i've given him. the whole point of this is not that you just read out the question you thought on tuesday morning, but you actually listen to the answers that the prime minister gives. he said... listen to the answers that the prime ministergives. he said... he listen to the answers that the prime minister gives. he said... he said the checkers agreement stands, the white paper stands, he said we have not even discussed it with the eu. i think i've told him in at least two if not three answers, we are already discussing it with the european union. she obviously forgot the

question ijust asked her! which was about the brexit secretary's support or otherwise for the european convention on human rights, because he's on record as saying, i don't support the human rights act and i don't believe in economic and social rights. he is obviously backsliding to keep hisjob, or that is the new policy of the government. with only three months to go until the final withdrawal agreement, three months to go until the final withdrawalagreement, due three months to go until the final withdrawal agreement, due to be signed, brexit secretary has resigned, the white paper is in tatters, the new secretaries escaping negotiations. two years of negotiations with themselves and they wanted to shut down parliament for five days. they've even given up on negotiating with each other! isn't the case that the government is failing to negotiate brexit? failing to meet the needs of this...

order! i know what the attempt is and it's not going to work. order. the right honourable gentleman will complete his question. you will not be shouted down, not today and not any day! learn it, it's quite simple. thank you. after two years of negotiating with themselves, they wa nted of negotiating with themselves, they wanted to shut down parliament five days early. they've even given up on negotiating with each other. isn't it the case that the government is failing to negotiate brexit, failing to meet the needs of the country, because they are too busy, far too busy, fighting each other? let me tell the right honourable gentleman what i've been doing over the last week. and perhaps let me... laughter and let me also look at what the right honourable gentleman has been doing over the last week. while i

was agreeing the future of nato with president trump... jeering order! order! mr lewis, you are a very over excitable denizen of this house. you are not as well— behaved as your baby this house. you are not as well—behaved as your baby daughter. while i was agreeing the future of nato with president trump, he was joining a protest march against him. while i was delivering a plan for our future trade with the eu, he was delivering a plan to teach children how to go on strike. while i was negotiating our future security relationship with europe, he was renegotiating the definition of anti—semitism. he protests. i

deliver. there will indeed be more. 31 member countries of the international holocaust remembrance alliance have an agreed definition of anti—semitism. does my right honourable friend agree that all political parties should adopt this definition and its examples without amendments or omissions? can i say to my honourable friend that i agree that all political parties should do just that. the conservative party has done that, but sadly the labour party does not agree. the labour

party does not agree. the labour party is trying to redefine anti—semitism to allow people to say that israel is a racist endeavour. the chief rabbi says that what the labour party is doing is sending an unprecedented message of contempt for british dues—mac. even some of his own mps are saying it is anti—semitic. we should all sign up, as the conservative party has done, to the alliance, and all its annexes. we should all welcome the 100th anniversary of the birth of nelson mandela. those of us in scotland are very proud that the city of glasgow was the first in the world to give the freedom of the city, this week

the freedom of the city, this week the prime minister caved in to her right—wing brexiteer ‘s, undermining her negotiating position with the u. in her attempt to hold together have fractured party, she has managed to unite the country against this government. playing fast and loose with her own position makes the uk a laughing stock with our negotiating partners. the prime minister has put her narrow party interests before that of the country. is it not the case that the events of this week make a no deal much more likely? as i explained in answers to the questions from the leader of the opposition, we are negotiating with the european union on the basis of the european union on the basis of the checkers agreement and the white paper. that has been... those discussions have been starting this week and have continued this week. he talks about putting a political pa rty‘s interest before he talks about putting a political party's interest before that he talks about putting a political pa rty‘s interest before that of he talks about putting a political party's interest before that of the country. i think the snp should

really think about what they are doing when they promote the independence of scotland, which is clearly against the interests of their country. you their country. can continue watching prime minister's you can continue watching prime minister's questions on bbc two, but the boys up from behind the scenes to stand in front of the media gathering in thailand. we have a translation, let's listen in. translation: can you tell us your age, please? i am 11 years old, hello. i am age, please? i am 11 years old, hello. lam playing age, please? i am 11 years old, hello. i am playing centre, age, please? i am 11 years old, hello. lam playing centre, left age, please? i am 11 years old, hello. i am playing centre, left and right back. i am 13 years old.

iam i am playing goalkeeper and centre. i play in the front. my my position is back and goalkeeper. hello. i am my position is back and goalkeeper. hello. lam playing my position is back and goalkeeper. hello. i am playing centre. hello. my position is back and goalkeeper. hello. iam playing centre. hello. i am playing on the left wing. hello. lam am playing on the left wing. hello. i am playing centre. hello. i've

played the centre. hello. i play the left wing. hello. you spent nine days with the kids. hello.

i would like to know... how many of you? 13. how could you understand him straightaway? can you tell as the minutes that you saw him? it happened in the evening. we were digging on the top, and we have

somebody talking. and we said, be quiet, there is somebody talking. but we do not think that it was real, so we stopped to listen. but as it turned out, it happened, it was real. i was shocked, sol as it turned out, it happened, it was real. i was shocked, so i told him to put down. —— cool down. he was holding a torch. sol him to put down. —— cool down. he was holding a torch. so i told mick to go down quickly, because we heard a noise. we were afraid that they we re a noise. we were afraid that they were all pastors. —— they would walk past us. so i said hello. i heard

that first but i do not see him fast. —— did not see him first. they got out of the water, and then they we re got out of the water, and then they were saying something. i thought they were thai, thought they were officers. but when they got out of the water, i found that they were english. i did not know what to say to them, sol english. i did not know what to say to them, so ijust said hello. and then what happened next?m to them, so ijust said hello. and then what happened next? it was a miracle, i was shocked. i then what happened next? it was a miracle, iwas shocked. i had then what happened next? it was a miracle, i was shocked. i had to think about the question. when he got up, he asked, how are you? and i said, i'm looking, and i was

shocked. —— agor y bleidlais. and they said, can i help you? did they ask how many of you? i said that clearly, we have 13. they said, that is brilliant, though there were 13 altogether. and then they said, translate, who said that? coach. could you tell us what happened at the time?” coach. could you tell us what happened at the time? i did not talk to the forum i did understand english, and people would not translate, so i asked them to

translate, so i asked them to translate but they would not. so they continued to talk, so that is why i asked, who knows english? please translate. so bill to translate. they said, do it quickly, translate. they said, do it quickly, translate quickly. and then what happened? and then i said, i do not quite understand. calm down. i told the coach to calm down. stay cool. we we re really we were really happy, we were glad. after that, what happened? after

that, he said brilliant, then they asked us to go to the ledge. and then they asked, how many days have you been in the cave? we said, ten days. he asked, how many days? how many people were in the cave? i said, ten. at the time, my brain was very slow. we had been in the cave for ten days. i did not know what to say. i could not go anywhere. hungary, hungary. bill, did you shout hungry? what

came into your head is hungry. you were very happy. you didn't know what was going to happen to you, in the cave, but another thing i would like to know... did you have a chance to watch the world cup final? the football? did you watch it live? how did you find it? fun. 's i heard that people were shouting very loudly. —— yes, i heard people

shouting very loudly. who did you support? france. brilliant. firstly, ididn't support? france. brilliant. firstly, i didn't think much about it, but when i saw my favourite player score, i was very happy. he is very good, griezmann. i like ilike him. i like him. on that day, yes, we we re i like him. on that day, yes, we were loud, and the doctors allowed us to watch, and even the doctors, they were separated into a group, because there were some who supported croatia. most people supported croatia. most people supported croatia, but i

supported... it was the first time you watched football since you left the cave? you watched football since you left the cave ? you you watched football since you left the cave? you were happy? to start with, why did you go to the cave? who would like to answer?” with, why did you go to the cave? who would like to answer? i will, i'll answer. somebody ask you to go in? nobody asked me. we spoke earlier ... in? nobody asked me. we spoke earlier we discussed that, yes. one of them said," shall we go to that cave? " then we agreed, yeah, we would go to the cave. and then be set up the programme, tham luang cave. so after that —— we set up the

programme. so we communicated through facebook, that we planned to go to the cave. we warmed up, prepared ourselves, then we would go to the cave for and educational tour, because a lot of people would like to see inside the cave. i myself have been into the cave before, but a lot of members had not been there. yeah, we... we had been into the cave before. had been quite deep into the cave. this time, yeah, we we re deep into the cave. this time, yeah, we were there before, with some other members. at the time we experienced the same

problem, a similar problem. so at the time there was water, so i did go in, i did try, then we saw water, so we go in, i did try, then we saw water, so we said that we would go that there just for so we said that we would go that therejust for one hour, so we said that we would go that there just for one hour, so we planned to leave before five o'clock. .. so there planned to leave before five o'clock... so there was nothing about birthday celebration there are? guess, about that, he said, it's my birthday today, and then he said, it is my birthday, i have to go back home before five o'clock, because my parents are having birthday party for me, and you other members can come with me, so after we went to the cave and we got stuck

in the cave... when did you find out you were stranded in the cave? what time? at the time we went further than the ledge, but at that time we didn't know what it was called. there was water there. then we asked whether we should go in the explorer, but if we go in, we had to swim —— go into explorer. but if we had to swim we would have to get wet, and we asked whether we should try, and have volunteers to swim in to see whether it was ok. most members can swim, but only a few of them were not very strong. so when

it was said they didn't know how to swim, that is not true. because normally after football training, we would take them for a swim. so the situation was getting worse, the level of the water, it increased. because at the time we didn't know whether the water was rising... so they said, ok, i'm on the shore now, you can come and join us. so after that i just followed now, you can come and join us. so after that ijust followed them to check whether we could go further, so check whether we could go further, so when we got to where he was, i checked the distance, whether we could go further, so we asked, "should we go further?" because there is water there as well. if we went further, we would have to swim. but i looked at the water at the

time, but it was beyond one hour already, so i asked, because it was beyond one hour already, we were hoping to ourselves we would go back. we had agreed it. we said, ok, we will come again when we have the chance, but this time we will go back. so we reached a certain point and when we heard him shouting that there was water... somebody shouted, "we lost? " there was water... somebody shouted, "we lost?" so i said, "no, definitely not lost, because there is only one direction." we said, this is the entrance. so i asked

about it, holding onto a rope. so i touch the rope. and i said, if i pull the rope twice, it means i have managed to leave the cave, so i did try to go out, so at the time i thought there was something wrong, so thought there was something wrong, soi thought there was something wrong, so i pulled the rope. so they would know that we have to find a new way out. how do you feel, because you we re out. how do you feel, because you were inside as well? i was scared. i was scared. i could not go home and i got told off by my mum. what did

you think at the time?” i got told off by my mum. what did you think at the time? i believe that we could find a way out. i thought at the time, we could manage to get out. was a dark at the time? yes, it was quite dark. what were you thinking at the time? pin—mac i —— i tried to stay calm -- i tried to stay calm and think of a way to get out. i told everyone, "fight on, don't despair. " so when you pulled the rope, because

you couldn't hear or see each other, so you couldn't hear or see each other, so you wouldn't be able to hear one another, so you had to pull the rope... but if the cave is full of water, you wouldn't be able to hear one another. i told the rope twice and then the students knew that we had to find a new direction, a new way. so we went on the ledge. so we asked her to do it. so we started digging, we started to find rocks and started digging. at the time it was almost 5pm. and we continued to

di, but the more we dug there was no sign the water would increase, so he whispered to me, should we find somewhere to sleep? it was getting dark at the time. it was 6pm. i said, ok, we should find somewhere to sleep. so are said to them, "don't be scared. the water will go down tomorrow." so we planned to stay overnight. was about food? -- what about food ? stay overnight. was about food? -- what about food? we didn't have any food. we didn't prepare the food. because we just... we left that place.

we left that place. we saw the water dripping from somewhere, so i said, "we should stay near the water source," so before we went to sleep i told the children, "we should pray," because... what did you think at the time? at the time we were not scared. we thought that the next day the water will go down, and then there will be people looking for us. how did you survive? when you were in the cave? i took them to find the

way out and i tried to boost their morale. i look after them. we found water to drink. did you find the water? -- how did you find the water? -- how did you find the water? from a rock on top. was it clean? yes, it was clean. how did it taste? just like water. we had only water, no food. no food. what about the next day? how did you go and find food? no, wejust the next day? how did you go and find food? no, we just drank water. did you feel that your body started to become weak? we didn't feel that on the first day, but after two days we started to feel weak. and the

coach told everyone to stay still to conserve energy. with the torch, we had to use it economically. who did you do it? —— how did you do it? you do it? -- how did you do it? we told those who had a torch with battery to turn it off, so it could be used later on. how many days did you think you could survive in the cave before... after ten days, those who felt weak, felt they had to do something because they could not cope any more. everyone, yes everyone. how did it feel? they felt

they had no energy. what about the smallest one, the youngest one, how we re smallest one, the youngest one, how were you? fainted, had no energy. i was weak, i was hungry. how did you feel when you are very hungry?” tried not to think about food. what did you think about? wing—mac i tried not to think about fried rice. -- i tried not to think about fried rice, and... and what did you think at the time? what was your condition at the time? what was your condition at the time? i tried to fill up my stomach was water. what did you do

with the time? when we had time we just started digging, digging the cave wall. how did you dig it? we managed to dig 3—4 metres, we were digging to find a way out. it was on the fourth or fifth day at the time, so we the fourth or fifth day at the time, so we top among the fourth or fifth day at the time, so we top among ourselves the fourth or fifth day at the time, so we top among ourselves to find a way out. —— spoke amongst ourselves. we spoke about whether we should go ahead, in front, we spoke about whether we should go ahead, infront, because we spoke about whether we should go ahead, in front, because some of the children, they had gone camping, and they had been told there was another way out at the end of the cave, but it was quite far away. so we asked them whether we should try, but if

we decided to go that way... so if it didn't work, then we retreated. we thought about what to do. it was to stay put. waiting to be rescued. then we heard the sound of the water, so we tried to be quiet. we thought it was the water flowing, so i told them to go on the ledge, so we went to the ledge. in less than one hour, the water increased. we didn't hear the rain. after that, so after we found out we

we re after that, so after we found out we were stranded there, we knew that we we re were stranded there, we knew that we were stuck there. so the second option was to dig into the wall of the cave to find the way out. at least we were doing something to try to get out. not only waiting. we took turns to dig until late into the night. there was no food, no water. but before we went to dig we dranka lot water. but before we went to dig we drank a lot of water, because we would stay there all day, then we would stay there all day, then we would come down in the evening to the ledge near the water. at the

time the water started to become clear, so we drank water there. after the british rescuer got there, and we started an operation to rescue the kids. what was this operation? after we found the kids, the seal members dived to see them, then there were four us to stay behind to look after them. —— four of us. so we tried to nurse them back to health. we were thinking about the operation. so we thought that one option, which

we talked about, to dive back to the entrance, was impossible, so we thought about digging from the top. we thought that would be the safest way to take them out. another option was that we waited for the water to subside, well so what we heard from the divers, they brought food, they said it would take one or two weeks.

the first option is to wait, and the second is to use the masks and take out the kids, sol second is to use the masks and take out the kids, so i waited for their decision. because i was thinking whether they could dive out, because they were still quite young, but in they were still quite young, but in the end we decided to take them out. but this was the first operation where this has happened in the world. the three seal members were staying behind with the kids. can you tell us why you were wearing few clothes when you were there? he was only wearing underwear... why was it

like that? because his wet suit was wet and he didn't prepare, he hadn't brought his trousers and pants with him, so he was only wearing underwear. how did you feel when you saw him? i thought it was quite funny. what happened? firstly, for this operation, for the seal director, we said if we couldn't manage to find the kids we would not turn back. when i went in there, i didn't wear the helmet, turn back. when i went in there, i didn't wearthe helmet, so turn back. when i went in there, i didn't wear the helmet, so my head

banged the walls quite often. i was thinking at the time that we had to make it. so when i knew that we had found the children, we were in there straightaway. first they are, we just tested them, we ask them... at first they were quiet. so when i got there, ijust took off my clothes because at the time... because there was i had a torch, i had medicines, and then when i got

there, i had to distribute all this stuff to the kids. the blankets... in the first batch there wasn't enough stuff to give all the kids. it was quite damp there, so without mats we couldn't sleep, so i gave everything to the kids. sol mats we couldn't sleep, so i gave everything to the kids. so i used all the clothes to wrap around my waist. it was very sexy, i have to say. the sexiest man! so because you

spent nine days with the kids, you must have some kind of bonding... i heard that you started to keep them busy by playing games like chess? yes, we played chess. why did you lose? i don't know. buti yes, we played chess. why did you lose? i don't know. but i tried to remember his method. he would go la ke remember his method. he would go lake ina remember his method. he would go lake in a triangle way —— like a triangle way. what is your memory of the seal members, of the navy seal members? yes, i feel like they are

my family. when we were there we we re my family. when we were there we were staying like a family. we get together, slept together. —— we ate and sle pt together. together, slept together. —— we ate and slept together. what about the others? i feel like they are my dads, like mike dads. and he would call me son. —— my dads. studio: fightback just to call me son. —— my dads. studio: fightbackjust to let call me son. —— my dads. studio: fightback just to let you know you're watching bbc news. if you're watching the bbc news channel you're watching the bbc news channel you can continue watching this remarkable news conference in thailand —— and just to let you know. the boys are speaking for the first time about their ordeal in that cave and how they were eventually rescued. some have been shy, some more chatty, but universally smiling and looking

remarkably good health after what they have been through. that is on they have been through. that is on the bbc news channel. if you are on the bbc news channel. if you are on the bbc news channel. if you are on the bbc one channel you will next see the one o'clock news with clive myrie. for nine days we shared food, we had to find ways to keep them busy, to make them safe. yeah, i have a son myself. so because they are similarage as have a son myself. so because they are similar age as my son, i saw them like that. so we started the bond. wejust them like that. so we started the bond. we just feel like family, there are so many good feelings. also sad feelings. yeah, about saman. would you like to

talk about saman? i felt sorry, and i was very impressed that he was ready to sacrifice all the while... to rescue us. at first, when we heard the news, that there was someone heard the news, that there was someone who had sacrificed, who had died, we were shocked. we didn't think it was real. so we were very sad, we felt that we were the cause of his death. we were the cause of

his family's loss. there are also pictures, drawings... there are drawings. a message for saman. the doctor said to me that his children we re doctor said to me that his children were here, so what would we do? we thought we would like to write something for the family, so we started writing something for him and his family. would you like to

read a few of the entries? what about the youngest one? can he come to read? could you really lovely?